The SNP is smiling while coalition relations cool
Channel 4 News Political Editor Gary Gibbon blogs on Scottish success for the SNP and the inevitable tensions in the Coalition following the AV vote.
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Channel 4 News Political Editor Gary Gibbon blogs on Scottish success for the SNP and the inevitable tensions in the Coalition following the AV vote.
Prime Minister David Cameron rallies coalition troops after a disastrous election result for Lib Dem partners, amid accusations he has let down Nick Clegg.
Gary Gibbon examines the cross-party clashes in the coalition over the AV referendum.
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The claim “These appointments would create an even bigger majority for the Coalition in the Lords and risk reducing its role to a mere rubber stamp for the House of Commons.” Ed Miliband MP, in a letter to David Cameron, November 19, 2010
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David Cameron insists the referendum on the AV voting system will not break the Coalition, as Lib Dem blogger Mark Pack tells Channel 4 News the “No” campaigners have “sunk to desperate tactics”.
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